Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Eleanor Johnson & the 1in4 followers There’s one thing that anyone suffering from a mental illness needs, and that is love and support. It’s not always easy to love people when they don’t love themselves, but despite often feeling the contrary, there is almost always someone who wants to be there Continue Reading
Why is it that I have this need to do everything, to be SUPERWOMAN? Who is it I’m trying to impress and why do I have this fear of failure
By Sophie Ann Break ups They suck, they really really suck. For most people it’s the stereotypical few days crying into four tubs of cookie dough ice cream, then getting drunk and making out with some dude whose name you have forgotten. For me, it’s not like that. Yes I have done Continue Reading
By Harriet Russell Hello again lovely readers, I thought today I would write about how I got to where I am today, i.e. in a psychiatric hospital. I’ve lead a very charmed life and am extremely fortunate in that respect, but I’d like to stress the obvious: mental illness does Continue Reading
By Shameka S. Keitt There are innumerable things in life we once thought we were a hair-strand away from having, but due to uncontrolled factors they slipped away in a heartbeat. You held a grudge against the world. Instead of aiming to display your resiliency, you were caught up with negative Continue Reading
By Joe Doyle I visited my mother’s grave on my 22nd birthday. As I stood there praying and talking quietly to her, every hair on my body rose. I believe that my mother spoke to me: she was there for a brief time. Inspiration for my songs I finished my Continue Reading
By Paul Jameson Follow the Giant Rabbit I watch the giant rabbit on the bed. The size of a small teenager, and ugly, it’s watching me and grinning maliciously. I can’t help but think of Pipkins and Hartley Hare, a dark demonic-looking creature, scruffy and dirty, with a grubby red Continue Reading
By Wendy K. Williamson The unfortunate truth is many of us either have a mental illness or know someone who does, and suicide can be part of that reality. No longer is it an isolated case of the one person you knew in high school; today, it touches us within Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld Those of you that follow my blog will probably know that I am diagnosed with anorexia. I’ve lived with it most of my life despite only being officially diagnosed 4 years ago. I am pregnant right now and actually I am still suffering. I am not restricting food Continue Reading
By Elli What do you say to someone suffering from anxiety? It can be hard to know. You hope you can help, but you don’t want to put your foot in it, or say the wrong thing. You don’t want to make matters worse. Let me reassure you – there Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew I have always been a creative person, and have always known myself as one. Fairly early on in my counselling sessions, it became clear that my creative personality was being ignored. I wasn’t expressing my creativity day to day, and I needed to. This meant that I Continue Reading
By Michelle Robinson Is there a link between how we handle rejection and an increased suicide risk? A recent study has found that people who attempt suicide demonstrate an increase in negative consequences when experiencing social exclusion. The study found that there were differences in their brain activity. The differences Continue Reading